Apologies for the delayed response - yes, I think what you propose is for the best; ignore the extra fields, accept the valid/checksummed data. Thanks!
On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 6:57 PM Gary E. Miller <
gem@rellim.com> wrote:
Yo Lucien!
On Mon, 28 Nov 2022 18:52:48 -0500
Lucien Van Elsen <lucienve@gmail.com> wrote:
> The additional fields are described at
> https://gpsd.gitlab.io/gpsd/AIVDM.html#_u_s_coast_guard_extended_aivdm
> - basically, deprecated and undocumented, but seen often enough in
> the wild.
Thanks for the quick pointer. Since it is meta-data, and gpsd has been
ignoring it until now, is it best to just continue ignoring it and
accepting the valid checksummed data?
RGDS
GARY
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